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Canada, NATO allies warn of ’growing number’ of state threats from Iran

OTTAWA — Canada and many of its NATO allies released a joint statement Thursday condemning a “growing number” of state threats from Iranian intelligence services.

The joint statement said the countries are united in their opposition to attempts to “kill, kidnap and harass” people in North America and Europe.

The statement was also signed by the governments of Albania, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

by Blazingcatfur•August 1, 2025August 1, 2025•0•Canada, Iran

Canada’s recognition of Palestinian state will likely have minimal impact without U.S. support, analysts say

The Canadian government’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state in September reflects Ottawa’s deep frustration with the Israeli government and sends a strong message that it supports a two-state solution, but analysts say it likely will have little impact without U.S. support.

Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement on Wednesday, saying that Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly. He said this is predicated on the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to important reforms, including president Mahmoud Abbas’s promise to hold general elections in 2026, in which Hamas could not take part, and the demilitarization of the Palestinian state.

by Blazingcatfur•August 1, 2025August 1, 2025•0•"Oct 7 2023", Canada, USA

As Detroit 3 automakers report tariff blows, experts say a trade deal is the only solution

The Detroit Three automakers are taking a big hit from the Trump administration’s tariffs, and industry experts say only one thing can stop the bleeding for the North American auto industry — a trade deal with low tariff rates for the industry.

General Motors, Ford and Stellantis have all reported tariff impacts in the billions on recent earnings calls.

Ford said on Wednesday that it took an $800-million US (about $1.1 billion Cdn) hit for the second quarter as a result of tariffs.

I know! Make them build cars no one wants like EV’s!

by Blazingcatfur•August 1, 2025July 31, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Trump increases tariff on Canada to 35%, White House says

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods to 35 per cent from 25 per cent on all products not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, the White House said.

Goods transshipped to another country to evade the new tariffs will be subject to a transshipment levy of 40 per cent, according to a White House fact sheet.

The increased tariff, which the White House said was the result of Canada’s “continued inaction and retaliation,” comes after Trump told reporters that Prime Minister Mark Carney reached out ahead of an Aug. 1 tariff deadline, but no conversations between the two took place.

… Earlier on Thursday, Trump said it would be “very hard” for the U.S. and Canada to strike a deal after Ottawa moved toward recognizing Palestinian statehood. He said later on Thursday, however, that he did not view the move as “a deal breaker” in trade talks.

MAJOR BREAKING – NO DEAL FOR CANADA

"The letter is sent. 35% Tariffs"

Lutnick calls Carney "tone deaf" for recognizing Palestine this week

says DAIRY and COUNTER-TARIFFS are the sticking point.

ITS OFFICIAL — Carney is the WORST negotiator on planet earth. pic.twitter.com/r3wisf5zZC

— Tablesalt (@Tablesalt13) July 31, 2025

by Blazingcatfur•August 1, 2025August 1, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Toxic smoke from Canada’s wildfires is suffocating Minnesota

I did not intend to write about Canada again, but I live in Minnesota.

Or am trying to.

If you are rolling your eyes reading this, you don’t live in Minnesota. The toxic smoke from the never-ending Canadian wildfires has, yet again, settled over the North Star State, so thick it is smothering.

Visibility is reduced. The horizon is a whitish-gray.

by Blazingcatfur•August 1, 2025July 31, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Pro-Hamas activists push for ‘Apartheid-Free Zone’ in Mississauga

Activists in one of Canada’s largest cities are urging the city council to brand Mississauga an “Apartheid-Free Zone” in solidarity with Palestinians.

An Instagram post by @mississaugaforpalestine this week asked residents to email Mayor Carolyn Parrish and 11 councillors before a rally planned for Friday.

(Incognito link)

YASIR QADHI IN CANADA: ISLAMIZATION IN PLAIN SIGHT

TEXAS, AMERICA — THIS IS YOUR WARNING.

Radical imam Yasir Qadhi just gave the marching orders in Mississauga:

️ “You should not have a single "Islamophobic" candidate in your entire area.”

Translation?

We have the… pic.twitter.com/rMUpnLwK0O

— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) July 30, 2025

h/t Hermes

by Blazingcatfur•July 31, 2025July 31, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Conservatives Say Ottawa’s Palestine State Recognition ‘Sends the Wrong Message’

Conservatives say Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood at the U.N. this September “sends the wrong message.”

In a statement issued July 30 following Carney’s announcement, the Conservatives said that agreeing to a Palestinian state in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel tells extremists “that violence and terror are effective tools for achieving political objectives.”

by Blazingcatfur•July 31, 2025July 31, 2025•0•"Oct 7 2023", Canada

Geoff Russ: Sorry, progressives, Canada wasn’t ‘built on slavery’ like the U.S.

The deeply uncomfortable truth is that much of the slavery that took place in Canada was done by First Nations

Spurred on by the so-called reckonings over racism in the United States and its legacy of slavery, many Canadian activists have attempted to import America’s divisive racial politics into Canada. However, examining slavery in Canada on its own terms and in good faith does not result in an identical discourse.

A report released Wednesday by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy — titled, “Slavery in Canada: The Facts Rarely Told” — is a fascinating and grim study into the country’s dark history of trafficking in human beings.

Here is the study in pdf format: Slavery in Canada

h/t Patti Jo

by Blazingcatfur•July 31, 2025July 31, 2025•0•"Indigenous Aboriginal Slavers", Canada, slavery, Slavery and Reparations, Slavery in Canada

Canada’s plan to recognize Palestinian statehood prompts swift, divided reaction

A national Muslim advocacy group called Wednesday a “historic day” after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada would formally recognize Palestinian statehood.

But a national Jewish organization said the decision was “deeply concerning” and would embolden the terrorist group Hamas.

With the announcement, Canada joins a growing list of countries around the world to formally recognize Palestinian statehood.

by Blazingcatfur•July 31, 2025July 31, 2025•0•"Oct 7 2023", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Star Wants Blood: The RCMP says it’s been looking into potential war crimes in the Israel-Hamas conflict for a year. Why has it seemed so quiet?

In February 2023, less than a year into the RCMP’s investigation into possible war crimes stemming from the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Cpl. Kate Walaszczyk was trying to “manage expectations.”

It can take years before these kinds of probes result in prosecutions, she told CBC News, but the initial steps are critical. The RCMP was first focused on preserving physical and digital evidence, as well as gathering victims’ stories.

“Let’s say a conflict finishes. Individuals don’t come forward about those allegations until years later, and then evidence is lost. Memories are lost, all those things are lost,” said Walaszczyk, who was described as an investigator in the RCMP’s Ukraine war crimes unit. “We need it to be robust, so that there aren’t gaps … When you don’t gather the evidence properly, these things fall apart. And then what’s the point?”

by Blazingcatfur•July 31, 2025July 31, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

How a CRA employee cycled through rehirings, a firing and 15 years of legal battles

15 years of grievances, lawsuits and appeals reveal cracks in Canada’s public service system

With a labour relations board decision in June, the Canada Revenue Agency took another step toward parting ways with the same employee for the third time in more than 15 years.

That employee, Mohammed Tibilla, is a former CRA worker based in Montreal. Over the years, he has launched administrative or legal actions and filed appeals against the agency, his union and his supervisors numerous times, exposing weak spots in federal systems — and underscoring the challenges Prime Minister Mark Carney faces in trying to make the government more streamlined and responsive.

by Blazingcatfur•July 31, 2025July 31, 2025•0•Canada, WTF?

GUNTER: Elections Canada put an end to Longest Ballot Committee’s trickery

So the Longest Ballot Committee has been thwarted — sort of — in its effort to hijack next month’s byelection in Battle River-Crowfoot.

The committee’s stunt of clogging the ballot in the central Alberta riding with more than 200 names worked. By the close of nominations on Tuesday, the committee had convinced more than 200 of its supporters to let their names stand, even though most of them have never been to the riding and have no intention of campaigning.

by Blazingcatfur•July 31, 2025July 31, 2025•0•Canada

Jamie Sarkonak: It shouldn’t take 16 years to deport a foreign criminal

Gagandip Jhuty, an Indian national, should have been deported in 2009 due to his criminal history, but it was only this July that Canadian officials scheduled his flight out. Why? Because for 16 years, India refused to issue him a passport.

That’s how it works in Canada: anyone being deported needs to have travel documents on hand. So, if they entered illegally and never had such documents to begin with, they can’t be sent home until that problem is resolved. If a country doesn’t want to repatriate the deportee in question, it can simply ignore our requests — for years.

by Blazingcatfur•July 31, 2025July 31, 2025•0•Canada, WTF?

Islamophobia Tsar says Mideast war is bringing back anti-Muslim tropes from 9/11

OTTAWA — Ottawa’s special representative on combating Islamophobia says she’s alarmed by a recent revival of decades-old tropes about Muslims supporting terrorist violence.

Amira Elghawaby also said Canadians should not be reluctant to speak out for the rights of one group because of a fear of being accused of ignoring the plight of another.

“In a country as pluralistic and as diverse as Canada, we should be able to get this right,” Elghawaby told The Canadian Press.

by Blazingcatfur•July 31, 2025July 31, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Trump slams Canada’s plan to recognize Palestinian state amid trade talks

U.S. President Donald Trump took to his social media platform just after midnight on Thursday to say he is not pleased with Canada announcing it will recognize a Palestinian state in September if the West Bank’s governing body agrees to make certain commitments.

“Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Canada!!!”

Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed earlier on Wednesday that trade negotiations have not been finalized just two days ahead of the deadline.

by Blazingcatfur•July 31, 2025July 31, 2025•0•Canada, Israel, USA